Kids always love to play, and upon hearing this, Xiao Yuan visibly beca even happier and hurriedly asked, "Are you coming with us?"
"I’ll go with you. When you guys are playing, I have so things to take care of, and I’ll co to pick you up once I’m done," Xu Huo said.
Xiao Yuan nodded sensibly, "I’ll go tell Tan Qi."
"I also want to go," the Girl in the Painting quickly raised her Communicator.
"Don’t you like it here?" Xu Huo asked as he walked towards the main entrance.
"I do like it here, but I also want to go out and play if you all are going out," the Girl in the Painting said. "It’s pretty boring to stay here all the ti. I’m sure it’s more fun outside."
"Xiao Yuan and the others are leaving to go to school," Xu Huo replied. "Do you want to add more to your studies?"
The Girl in the Painting’s previous task was to learn a bit of common sense and the etiquette of different zones, but she wasn’t very interested in these things. Even humans have a naturally free spirit, so how can you expect a re prop to love studying?
She furrowed her brow and hesitantly asked, "Can’t they study while I go play?"
Xu Huo glanced back at her, "That’s nice of you to think... but if you want to play, you can co out with next ti."
The Girl in the Painting bead and nodded repeatedly.
Xu Huo wasn’t sure if the scenes he foresaw truly represented the future, nor did he completely understand the principles of foreseeing the future. He could only prepare in advance. Even if sothing is unavoidable, being prepared and unprepared are different scenarios.
But "foreseeing the future" seems to have an elent of cause and effect. For example, previously in Zone 009 they t Jiang Jiang, who foresaw she would be killed by him in Zone 009, so she arrived there early hoping to reverse the situation. Although she ultimately did not succeed, neither did he kill Jiang Jiang.
In this vision, Jiang Jiang attempted to change her future by trying to kill him. Conversely, if she hadn’t insisted on getting embroiled in Zone 009 because of this prophecy, might the foresight not have created that situation?
Xu Huo was unsure if he would eventually end up in Zone 009 for so reason. Presently, he chose to send Xiao Yuan away to avoid seeing the scenario unfold at Rose Castle. However, given Jiang Jiang’s example, by proactively sending Xiao Yuan to another zone, he might inadvertently cause the situation in the vision to occur — perhaps staying in Zone 011 would prevent such a scenario from happening.
Of course, foreseeing the future is still a vague Shadow; let alone changing it. He understood while grasping the Ti Force that ti can only move forward and never backward. No matter how ti connects different zones through the Ti Ray, regardless of the speed of ti, it always moves forward.
If ti could truly reverse, it would be closest in theory to the Ga Governnt and Dr. Wu. The forr is uncertain, while the latter seems unsuccessful.
As for traversing space-ti via ti differences between zones or the concept of curved ti, these remain distant concepts of imagination with no theories or empirical evidence.
Since there’s no concrete way to change things, they could only start with manageable aspects. Thinking from a different angle, if the future cannot be changed regardless, assuming the event occurs in Zone 011, then even if he sends Xiao Yuan away now, she would return here for other reasons in the future. Conversely, if the event occurs in other zones, she will find herself there for so reason even if he doesn’t send her away now.
His current situation is quite similar to Jiang Jiang’s; he can’t just ignore it, but he’s also afraid of inadvertently causing the event to happen, much like an unsolvable deadlock.
The only thing he can do for now is to create a safer environnt.
Since they are leaving, Xu Huo inford Mr. Dong in advance, asking him to help pack the things the children needed.
"Am I going too?" Tan Qi walked over wearing homade armor.
"Everyone’s going," Xu Huo glanced over him, "Exercising? That’s convenient."
He casually picked up a rolled-up paper nearby and said to Tan Qi, "Try attacking ."
Tan Qi didn’t hesitate, raising a homade wooden knife to attack him. Using the combat skills he learned from the Collection of Information Terminal, he took advantage of his short stature to lower his center of gravity, specifically targeting Xu Huo’s legs.
Of course, there is a power barrier between Players and ordinary people, but Xu Huo didn’t kick him away. Instead, he controlled his power to limit his movent in a combat style.
Tan Qi was agile and specifically attacked his weaker left side. He crouched low and moved close to the ground. If Xu Huo wanted to lift him with his hands, he’d have to bend down. Tan Qi was waiting for this mont and suddenly flipped over, swinging his arm forward to aim at Xu Huo’s throat.
Of course, this move didn’t succeed. Xu Huo blocked it with the paper, and Tan Qi wasn’t discouraged. He imdiately drew a knife hidden in his calf and stabbed towards Xu Huo’s foot with a reverse grip.
Xu Huo slightly raised his foot to kick away his knife while knocking away another knife approaching his throat with his hand, then pressed another hand on his neck.
In a sparring match, it should end here, but Tan Qi, unwilling to admit defeat, didn’t let go even when Xu Huo had a grip on his neck and instead raised his hand to gouge at Xu Huo’s eyes.
This sneak attack obviously didn’t succeed either. Xu Huo grabbed his head and lifted him out of the way.
Tan Qi rolled once on the ground, then got up again, looking at Xu Huo coldly.
Xu Huo kicked his wooden knife over, "Don’t use little tricks. With your strength, anyone you encounter out there will be a formidable opponent. Don’t think of leveraging your so-called advantages to tussle with others. Everything you just did assus that both sides have similar strengths."
"What should I do then? Just wait for death?" Tan Qi said coldly.
"Don’t twist the concept," Xu Huo’s voice was a bit chilly, "Do you think a Player would be significantly weakened just because they got stabbed in the foot or slashed on the leg?"
"I can poison the knife," Tan Qi imdiately replied.
"Before making such preparations, have you investigated the specific ti it takes for various toxic substances and pollutants in the ga to affect a Player’s ability through a wound?" Xu Huo gestured him to stand up and let him try again.
This ti, Tan Qi changed his strategy. He no longer kept himself low but instead used the tables and chairs nearby to leap up, pulling out a pocketful of poison powder and throwing it at Xu Huo’s face. As the powder blocked his vision, Tan Qi continuously swung his arms, throwing all the weapons he carried at once.
He had so accuracy with his projectiles, one knife aid at Xu Huo’s heart, one at his neck, and another below his abdon.
Without relying on any props, Xu Huo could fend off these attacks with sheer speed. After catching the wooden knife, he looked at Tan Qi again, "All your weapons are gone. What do you plan to do next?"
Tan Qi remained unfazed, pulling out four small knives from behind his waist.
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